CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
ACM/IFIP/USENIX
INTERNATIONAL MIDDLEWARE CONFERENCE
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 16-20 June 2003
http://middleware2003.inf.puc-rio.br
Come to Rio to participate in the premier event on Middleware research and
technology in 2003. Researchers, industrialists, and experts from all over
the world will get together to present and discuss the recent advancements
in Distributed Object Systems, Internet Technologies, and Middleware
Platforms.
Following the success of past conferences in this series (Lake District/UK,
1998, Palisades/NY, 2000, and Heidelberg/Germany, 2001), Middleware'2003
will host a very strong technical papers track featuring state of the art
research in the field, as well as high-quality advanced workshops and a
number of tutorials by technology experts. The conference will also
include work-in-progress and posters sessions as well as social events.
The location, Rio de Janeiro, is known as one of South Americas most
outstanding areas of natural and historical beauty.
REGISTRATION
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Register online until May 15th and receive an early registration discount.
For registration information, please visit
http://middleware2003.inf.puc-rio.br/registration.htm
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
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A very strong technical papers track will feature state of the art research in
the field (http://middleware2003.inf.puc-rio.br/programstruct.htm).
Work-in-progress and Posters sessions will show promising ongoing
work and experience reports.
TUTORIALS
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High quality tutorials by industry and university experts
http://middleware2003.inf.puc-rio.br/tutorials.htm
1) J2EE vs. .NET
Michael Stal
Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Munich, Germany
2) Peer-to-Peer Technologies
Vana Kalogeraki
University of California, Riverside, California, USA
3) Realization of Distributed Applications using MDA
and the CORBA Component Model
Marc Born and Tom Ritter
Fraunhofer FOKUS, Berlin, Germany
Phillipe Merle
Unversity of Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
4) Object-Oriented Middleware and Components for the Grid
Denis Caromel
University of Nice Sophia Antipolois, France
Christian Perez
INRIA, France
5) Advanced Publish/Subscribe Services
Alexander L. Wolf and Antonio Carzaniga
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
6) Network and Web Services Security Concepts Using Java
Raghavan N. Srinivas
Sun Microsystems Inc., USA
WORKSHOPS
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1) Middleware for Pervasive and Ad-Hoc Computing
http://www.smartlab.cis.strath.ac.uk/MPAC/
2) Reflective and Adaptive Middleware Systems
http://tao.doc.wustl.edu/~corsaro/RM2003/
3) Middleware for Grid Computing
http://virtual01.lncc.br/mgc2003
4) Model-driven Approaches to Middleware Applications Development (MAMAD)
http://www.dstc.edu.au/mamad-2003/
ORGANIZATION
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General Chair: Carlos J.P. Lucena (PUC-Rio, Brazil)
Program co-Chairs: Douglas Schmidt (Vanderbilt University, USA)
Markus Endler (PUC-Rio, Brazil)
Local Arrangements co-Chairs: Alexandre Sztajnberg (UERJ, Brazil)
Renato Cerqueira (PUC-Rio, Brazil)
WiP and Posters Chair: Guruduth S. Banavar (IBM T.J. Watson, USA)
Advanced Workshops Chair: Gordon Blair (Lancaster University, UK)
Tutorials Chair: Frank Buschmann (Siemens AG, Germany)
Publicity co-Chairs: Fabio Costa (UFG, Brazil)
Fabio Kon (IME-USP, Brazil)
FOR MORE INFORMATION
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For further information, please visit the conference home page:
http://middleware2003.inf.puc-rio.br
If you have any question contact the local arrangements chairs, Alexandre
Sztajnberg (alexszt@uerj.br) or Renato Cerqueira (rcerq@inf.puc-rio.br).
Middleware'2003 is partially sponsored by Sony and IBM.
We hope to see you in Rio in June!